Romney dances on Dictyopterous insects scurrying across rare wood parquet floors. Is this good for Southern ecotourism?

12:27 pm March 9, 2012

Mitt is learning Mandarin wrote:

At a town hall in Jackson, Miss., on Friday morning, Mitt Romney offered his usual full-throated defense of free enterprise and small government. He criticized the large number of employees and small workload in the Navy purchasing department, said health care needed to operate more like a private market, and told the audience, "I want freedom to reign forever in this country."

But in an answer warning against the dangers of over-regulation, Romney chose a curious example to tout free enterprise: China.

I got the chance after I lost to John McCain last time, to go over to -- that was the good part of losing -- I got to go to the Olympic Games in China. It's pretty impressive over there how quickly they can build things, how productive they are as a society. You should see their airport compared to our airports, their highways, their train systems. They're moving quickly in part because the regulators see their job as encouraging private people. It's amazing. The head of Coca-Cola said the business environment is friendlier in China than in America. And that's because of the regulators. That's because of government.
They're also moving quickly, of course, because China's communist government can seize property by fiat and marshal state-owned industries to build large projects. While much of China's economy is capitalist, Romney's praise of infrastructure projects like roads and airports seemed to be an odd defense of centrally-directed economics.

12:57 pm March 9, 2012

Pro-Business Mitt wrote:

It's a much better business environment when you can sell pirated goods and poison milk. America should be more like that!

1:18 pm March 9, 2012

mikeh wrote:

ObamaLite tyring out his other flip flopping tongue on fresh meat, how interesting.

Big-Labor Rick has my vote. Now if Newt would drop out, Santorum would easily win the GOP nomination because all Southerners love big labor too.

Santorum in 2012!

1:46 pm March 9, 2012

betsy ross wrote:

12:27 the fact the china is advancing in every way has romney concerned and rightfully so. barack obama, despite toutiing his infrastructure jobs, (you know, the shovel ready ones he talked about in 2008) they haven’t materialized. we’re still waiting. tick tock, tick tock. the chinese can get it done, but i’m afraid obama cannot, maybe bc the guy is incompetent. perhaps the chinese aren’t funding 99weeks of unemployment and lifelong disability caused by the mental anguish of collecting unemployment checks. perhaps they’re constructing those roads and bridges.
nevermind infrastructure, let's sing a little al green. ready everyone? ii'm, i' m soo in love with you, whatever you want to do, is alright with meee. sing it loud!

2:15 pm March 9, 2012

Sally S. wrote:

Work by Cornell University psychologist David Dunning and Justin Kruger found that “incompetent people are inherently unable to judge the competence of other people, or the quality of those people’s ideas.” What’s worse is that with incompetence comes the illusion of superiority.

Let’s say a politician comes up with an ingenious plan that would ensure universal health care while decreasing health care costs. According to Dunning-Kruger, no matter how much information is provided, the unsophisticated would 1) be incapable of recognizing the wisdom of such a plan; 2) assume they know better; and 3) have no idea of the extent of their inadequacy. In other words, stupid people are too stupid to know how stupid they are.

With all due respect, you took quite a leap in reaching your "Republicans-NASCAR" conclusion. How are you so sure that NASCAR fans are incompetent and unsophisticated? Furthermore, you seem to ignore the argument that the Democratic politicians are much more likely to coerce "unsophisticated" voters. As stated in the NY Times today, your conclusion is a result of "smugness and self-satisfaction," and not actual logic.

Regarding your healthcare point, perhaps you fail to see the obvious failures of the Affordable Care Act because you are "unable to judge the competence of other people, or the quality of those people's ideas."

3:05 pm March 9, 2012

Anonymous wrote:

Bitter betsy ross loses it again.

3:10 pm March 9, 2012

China girl wrote:

So Romney is now praising communism?

Calling him a
Flip flopper is too gentle

3:25 pm March 9, 2012

NASCAR and Pro-Wrasslin' and Homestyle Buffett wrote:

Those three things define the modern GOP -- toothless rednecks, yokels who can't discern a fake, and then the cottonsheads and bluehairs looking for bargains and complaining that America isn't as "white" as it used to be.

3:41 pm March 9, 2012

Anonymous wrote:

Gee, China girl, maybe Karl got some things right; you think?

3:42 pm March 9, 2012

Why not Christie instead? wrote:

William Brown -- a Rutgers-Camden law student opposes the governor's plan to merge his school with Rowan University, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Brown asked the governor during a town hall meeting in Burlington County to consider how the merger would affect students, and veteran students in particular, before going ahead with his plan. Christie responded by telling Brown the merger was going to happen because it would provide bigger and better opportunities.

The situation escalated into a shouting match, and Brown continued to make his argument while Christie was speaking, saying that no one in South Jersey wanted this to happen.

Christie ordered Brown escorted out and said, "If you decide what you want to do is put on a show today, let me tell you something, I can go back and forth with you as much as you want. And let me tell you something, after you graduate from law school, you conduct yourself like that in a court room, your rear end’s gonna get thrown in jail, idiot."

After Brown left, Chrisite said, "You know, I tried to be patient with the guy. Every time I tried to answer, he started yelling over me again. Damn, man, I’m governor, could you just shut up for a second?"

Brown told the Philadelphia Inquirier after the encounter that he worried that the merger would hamper educational opportunities that now exist for veterans and other nontraditional students like himself.

Jim; maybe what Sally said applies to some democrats, but at least unlike the republicans they don't let God choose for them.

4:30 pm March 9, 2012

Anonymous wrote:

Romney is such a pandering cheeseball, it's revolting. Get a !%^!#^&!~ spine.

5:31 pm March 9, 2012

John Stewart wrote:

Thank you, Mitt.

5:50 pm March 9, 2012

James Meyers wrote:

Mitt, tell them about your wife's Cadillacs.

6:34 pm March 9, 2012

Gil wrote:

Just keep eating those cheesy grits Mittens. You too can become as obese as those southerners.

7:47 pm March 9, 2012

betsy ross wrote:

barack tell the voters about michell's expense account where she last year spent tens of millions of dollars traveling and shopping with valerie jarrett and company. compare $20,000,000 with a $70,000 car, which btw, is privately earned money as opposed to taxpayer funded hedonism by michelle militant obama

12:03 am March 10, 2012

Mah72 wrote:

If you read other articles from people that were there they enjoyed his effort to connect with them. He is not pandering or being artificial. Any speaker tries to connect with their audience.

6:58 am March 10, 2012

Mary wrote:

yeah look at Obammy talking his jive talk when he gets around the "folks". And then at least Michelle doesn't jet around eating lobsters and vacationing at expensive resorts and wearing expensive clothes, oh wait....

liberalism - a gene defect

12:23 pm March 10, 2012

Ed wrote:

If you listen to the recording of the quote, you will hear his full remark, incompletely quoted by the WSJ: "We have extraordinary Republican governors–and senators–and some former leaders in our party"...and then he adds, as if these are a separate group altogether, "And women!"

2:26 pm March 10, 2012

The Truth wrote:

Cant wait until he campaigns in some of the more urban areras. I can see it now…”What up homies, it be Mitt “the player” Romney, stepping out and profiling, you all down with that”?

3:39 pm March 10, 2012

call me Grits wrote:

Grits Romney now huh?

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